The BRICK

Triathlon training continues. I'm doing pretty well overall with Sunday being the only day in the past week that hasn't involved some level of fitness activity. Sarah's in much better shape than I am and is dragging me and Steve along. Matt's also in on the Tri training, but he probably rivals Sarah for fitness. Sarah and I started our …

Small Dots Messenger Bag

While I was out at Adobe I picked up a new messenger bag for the 17″ MacBookPro. I’ve been a fan of the Timbuk2 bags since I got my first one a few years ago. Even better than a stock bag though are the custom bags that are available at the Timbuk2 boutique in San Francisco. You can pick from …

Great Stoker Smoke

After a weekend with no bbq in KC I tossed a pork butt on the smoker with the Stoker on Sunday evening. It smoked at 215° for 20 hours – completing Monday afternoon then rested wrapped in foil in a cooler for a couple of hours. This is the first time I've had a butt that didn't require any chopping. …

Triathlon?

In an attempt to get myself into better shape I've decided that I need a goal. Sarah got it into her head that she wants to do a triathlon and somehow I've managed to get myself  sucked into the insanity. We were eating dinner Monday night with Steve and apparently he'd already said he would do it when I told …

On The Lot – Comedy Shorts

I've been watching On The Lot on Fox. I wasn't sure how well I would like it after the first week, but the show tonight showed that most of the contestants are very good. Now that the focus of the show is the films created by each of the contestants I think it's going to be a lot of fun …

Pzizz

I generally don't fall asleep at night very well. I have a really hard time turning my brain off long enough to relax. It usually takes between 45 minutes to an hour for me to fall asleep when I get into bed, a fact that Sarah very much dislikes (because I bug her while I'm still awake). Last weekend I …

Seminary Week 1

I've started my first course at Asbury this week and I've got to say going back to school, even online school, is more difficult than I thought it would be. I've got some gripes about course requirements – I don't really have time for a fourth small group – and I can already tell that there are going to be …

Cingular = AT&T Explained

I'm so glad that Stephen Colbert was able to explain how Cingular became AT&T (once again). I've grown to like the orange logo and personally think that the new web 2.0ified AT&T logo is horrible – it took a classic logo and made it trendy. via YouTube   [yt]Bj1Mtv9cD0I[/yt]

The Power Returns, Flu, and WOW 2007

It’s great to be home again after having been gone for a week. Our power apparently came on sometime last night. We were without power for 9 days (Friday – Sunday). I’ve decided I need to get a hobby that is slightly portable and doesn’t require electricity. When our power went out I was bored within a couple of hours. …

Everything is Illuminated

We watched Everything is Illuminated  last night.  It’s based on the book by the same title, and tells the story of Jonathan Safran Foer – a young man searching for the family that saved his grandfather during World War II, Alex – a Ukrainian that ends up acting partially as tour guide and translator, and Alex’s grandfather – who is …